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BASLE BERN BRUGG DÜSSELDORF FRANKFURT A.M. FREIBURG I.BR. GENEVA
HAMBURG COPENHAGEN LAUSANNE MUNICH STUTTGART VIENNA ZURICH
Intelligence-as-a-Service
An Introduction to Microsoft Cognitive Services
Manuel Meyer, Trivadis AG
http://manuelmeyer.net
@manumeyer1
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About me…
Consultant & Trainer for .NET
MVP for Visual Studio & Dev. Tools
C#/XAML, Integration, Azure,
Troubleshooting & Performance
Management
www.azurezurichusergroup.com
www.dotnetday.ch
www.swissangular.com
Manuel Meyer
www.manuelmeyer.net
@manumeyer1
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Agenda
1. Overview
2. The APIs
3. Applications
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Overview
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Azure Cognitive Services
Over 20 APIs
REST-based
Pay-as-you-go
Start for free!
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Roll your own with REST APIs
Simple to add: just a few lines of
code required
Integrate into the language and
platform of your choice
Breadth of offerings helps you find the
right API for your app
Built by experts in their field from
Microsoft Research, Bing, and Azure
Machine Learning
Quality documentation, sample
code, and community support
Easy Flexible Tested
GET A
KEY
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Cognitive Services Use Cases
Source: Jennifer Marsman https://twitter.com/jennifermarsman
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Intelligent Kiosk
https://github.com/Microsoft/Cognitive-Samples-IntelligentKiosk
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The APIs
Vision, Speech, Language, Knowledge, Search
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Vision API
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Cognitive Services Apps
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Face API Explorer
1. Keys: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/cognitive-
services/
2. 2. Face API Documentation
– https://westus.dev.cognitive.microsoft.com/docs/services/563879b6
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3. Face API Console West US
– https://westus.dev.cognitive.microsoft.com/docs/services/563879b6
1984550e40cbbe8d/operations/563879b61984550f30395236/cons
ole
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Speech API
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Language API
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Knowledge API
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Search API
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Q&A Maker
https://qnamaker.ai/
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Applications
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Seeing AI App
"Seeing AI" from Saqib Shaik
Speak about surroundings
Read Text
https://www.youtube.com/watch
?v=R2mC-NUAmMk&t=12s
See4Me
https://github.com/DotNetToscana/See4Me
Credits: https://twitter.com/marcominerva/
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Getting Started with Cognitive Services
Free credits!
– https://www.microsoft.com/cognitive-services/en-us/sign-up
http://portal.azure.com
– New -> Cognitive Services API, Select API, Get Key
https://www.microsoft.com/cognitive-services/en-us/face-
api/documentation/overview